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Manage Subscriptions1999 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Stags Leap District
Community Tasting Notes 189
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VINVM Likes this wine: 94 points
February 25, 2024 - prime
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peternelson Likes this wine: 92 points
January 11, 2024 - This was nearly opaque, dark brooding, and still a baby; Pretty powerful, still a good dose of oak showing, slightly sweet compared to the Heitz Martha's, well put together for sure but somewhat over-extracted and oaky for my taste. Went well with the steak. Musso & Franks Eric B-day.
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hfindlay Likes this wine:
April 10, 2023 - The cork failed but the wine passed with flying colors. Dark purple, viscous, full bodied cab with lovely aromas of tobacco and vanilla, big cherry, blackberry, and cassis flavors, decadent long finish. A friend baked savory chocolate sourdough bread, which we ate with cheese and sipped this wine. Divine
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melvinyeowq wrote: 80 points
March 24, 2023 - Beat the '91 Heitz: Heavily extracted with dark purple fruit, unintegrated oak with a huge dose of vanilla on the nose. Absolutely zero finesse in this wine. 8/8.
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Wineshington wrote: 91 points
January 8, 2023 - Decanted but did not need much time to open. Ready to drink, has reached a plateau.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vintage Retrospective: The 1999 Napa Valley Cabernets (May 2019), 5/1/2019 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vertical Tasting of Shafer’s Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select (Jul 2016), 7/1/2016 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
11/7/2003 (link)(Shafer, Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/2/2003 (link)(Shafer, Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2002, IWC Issue #102 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
4/10/2004 (link) 89 points(Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select) Lovely, big, berry nose; tasty berry, vanilla, caramel palate with sweet tannins; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Shafer
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Hillside Select
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Stags Leap District
- UPC Code 013528400023
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 10 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,057 (57%)
- Consumed 1,531 (43%)
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationStags Leap District
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